How Man Made Day

How Man Made Day Coronet 11:39:14 Montage: pan across sunset; house exterior w/ lights on. Int. Man & electric lights turned on; stoking fireplace; dissolve to fire in cave & family sitting around smashing rocks. Monk (?) w/ burning stick at table, stirring pitch; later stirring fat & whale oil; lighting bowl of oil w/ smoke, blows out. Wipes mess, then tears & uses as wick for bowl of oil; lamp w/ wick. Melted fat on wick dipped repeatedly to make candle Lighting candle on table w/ lamp. 11:43:12 Montage: man in 17th Century costume walks in dark street w/ candle. 18th Century street lamp lowered. CU candle. Illustration of burning of candle w/ melted wax around wick & combustion. 11:44:37 CU Argand lamp pre-kerosene lantern w/ tube-like wick. Wall-mounted coal gas lamp; CU. 11:45:25 Montage: blacksmith heating iron & forging. Man arc welding, carbon arc glowing. Carbon arcs as lamp; early blown glass lamp w/ filament glowing in vacuum bulb. 11:46:29 Montage: 1940 lamp bulb lighted; illustration of light rays & reflectors of various types in use. Fluorescent tube lights over man’s desk. 11:47:58 Modern home w/ various types of electric lights on. Electric light signs in city. The End. Science Film; 1946; 1940s; Staged History; Physics; Technology; Lighting;